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Show Nada is Great for Dry Farms j ! .Mrs. 10. M. Colvin. secrctarv of the Chamber of Commerce of Nadn. scuds to the News ollirc tin's week substantial evidence- of the productiveness of the dry homestead m el n too1 is of ('tab. The Colvin ranch lies west of the city of Nada about mx or seven miles. It arrows every- thiiiK from alfalfa to rhubarb without irrigation. Anions the v samples received is a bniichof c "oatn and wheat rown fron ground never plowed." sample of alfalfa which wan "seeded last year and cut twice this 0 year." sweet clover three feet hitfh. corn stalk four feet hih labeled "never been cult i- : vated." It seems that the :-.). c , tiers of the Xada set Mori do not have to work at ail. The soil ! is so rich that they just rifle ! a cross the land and d rop a va- riefy (if seeds aiourd from their ! automobiles and then hire somebody to harvest the crops in the Kail. Home dry home- ; -.tear section, that ! It is the : t h r i f i i ne,;-; of i j c crops that draws the rabbits which furnish : the meat supply. W!""ii"VT a ! lit'le moisture lier.,j, i the weatherman mal.es it rain. |